Doll attachment for children&#39;s garments



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Aug. 17, 1954 W. SEIDLER DOLL ATTACHMENT FOR CHILDREN'S GARMENTS FiledJuly 28, 1952 INVENTOR.

WILLIAM 5EIDLER Patented Aug. 17, 1954 DOLL ATTACHMENT FOR CHILDRENSGARMENTS William Seidler, New York, N. Y.

Application July 28, 1952, Serial No. 301,188

3 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in doll attachmentfor childrens garments.

More particularly, the present invention proposes a doll headconstruction for attachment to a childs garment such as a dress, apron,skirt, jacket, blouse, jumper, pinafore or the like.

Another object of the present invention proposes forming a substantiallyflat doll head construction having a doll face with'simulated hair.

and framed by backing material secured to the doll face to resemble abonnet so that the construction can be fastened to a childs garment bythe backing material.

Still further, the present invention proposes a detachable doll facehaving a simulated lace trimmed bonnet and artificial hair withartificial flowers therein for attachment to a garment.

As a further object, the present invention proposes forming a new anduseful doll head construction and pocket element to provide a novelpocket structure on a childs garment.

The present invention further proposes a novel arrangement of a hollowdoll face or mask secured to backing material with trimmings around theface to provide a novel pocket element when secured to a garment, thedoll face furnishing additional space in the pocket.

For further comprehension of the invention and of the objects andadvantages thereof, reference will be had to the following descriptionand accompanying drawings, and to the appended claims in which thevarious novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth.

In the accompanying drawings forming a material part of this disclosure:

Fig. 1 is a front view of a childs dress on which the doll headconstruction of this invention is secured so as to provide a pocket onthe dress.

Fig. 2 is a similar view of a child's sun dress on which the doll headconstruction of the present invention is detachably secured.

Fig. 3 is a rear view of the doll head construction illustrated in Fig.2.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 5--5 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary view taken on line 66 of Fig. 1.

The doll head construction 15 of the present invention includes a hollowdoll face I! preferably made of stifliy flexible material such as papermache, rubber or plastic. The doll face or mask IT has sides I3 (Fig. 4)and I9 (Fig. 5)

and top and bottom portions 20 and 2.! respectively. These side portionsand top and bottom portions terminate in the peripheral edge 22 (Figs. 4and 5) of the doll face which corresponds to a line just in front of theears around a head and a short way down from the chin on a person'sneck.

A sheet of backing material 23. is secured tothe doll face 17 along theperipheral edge '22 as by gluing, cementing, stitching, heat sealing orother well known means. The sheet of backing material 23 may be ofthermoplastic sheeting or similar material but preferably is of fabric.It may be of the same fabric as the garment to which it is to beattached. Before the sheet of backing material 23 is secured to the dollface i1, artificial hair 24 is first secured along the marginal portionsof the doll face around its upper periphery at the top and to the sidesof the face. The artificial hair 25 may be of any doll hair material butpreferably consists of looped strands of yarn with one end of each loopsecured and one end free.

Artificial flowers 25 made of velvet cloth or other flower makingmaterials are secured to the doll face I! also at the side of the dollface and arranged to extend through and in the artificial hair 24. Thehair and the flowers may be of any suitable colors.

The sheet of backing material 23 is gathered around the doll face insecuring it to the doll head and extends beyond the doll face at itssides and the top with the unsecured edge 26 of the backing sheet 23extending forwardly of the doll face to resemble a bonnet around theface.

A peripheral band 27 of lace, net, ribbon or edging, or the like issecured to the periphery or unsecured edge 26 of the backing sheet 23 toform a decorative band trimming the bonnet.

Disposed inside the hollow doll face I! and secured over the securededges of backing sheet 23 to the doll face I! is another backing sheet28. This second backing sheet has a bottom edge portion 29 extendingover the bottom edge of the doll face beneath the chin of the doll face.A ribbon how 30, made of a single piece of ribbon folded or tied in bowform overlies this bottom edge portion 29. The ribbon bow 30 and thebottom edge portion 29 are both secured to the doll face I! by a singlestaple 3| extending through them and clinched at the back of the dollface.

The doll head construction l5 may be removably secured to a garment,such as the sun dress 32 illustrated in Fig. 2, by safety pins 33 orother fastening means extending through or attached to the backing sheet23 at the sides of the doll face l1. (See also Figs. 3-5.)

Likewise, the doll head construction I 5 may be secured to a garment,such as the childs dress 34 illustrated in Figs. 1 and 6 by stitches 35to form a pocket 36 on the garment. The substantially flat doll headconstruction [5 is sewn to the garment by placing stitches 35 throughthe backing sheet 23 along and adjacent to where the lace band 21 isattached, the stitches starting near the top of the doll face I! andextending down and under the chin of the doll face and up the outer edgeof the backing material 23 at the other side of the doll head to a pointacross from the starting point. In this manner a pocket element isformed with entrance to the pocket 36 being provided through theunstitched portion of the doll head construction at the top of the dollface.

While I have illustrated and described the preferred embodiments of myinvention, it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise constructions herein disclosed and the right is reserved to allchanges and modifications coming within the scope of the invention asdefined in the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A pocket for a childs garment comprising in combination with thegarment, a hollow doll face,

a backing sheet secured around the periphery of the doll face tosimulate a bonnet on the doll face, and stitching on three sides of saidbacking sheet connected to said garment to provide a pocket.

2. A pocket for a childs garment comprising in combination with thegarment, a hollow doll face, a backing sheet secured around theperiphery of the doll face to simulate a bonnet on the doll face, andstitching on three sides of said backing sheet connected to said garmentto provide a pocket, said stitching starting near the top of the dollface and extending down and under the chin of the doll face and up theouter edge of the backing material on the other side of the doll face toa point across from the starting point.

3. The combination of claim 2 wherein a pcripheral band of lace materialis secured to the periphery of the backing material to conceal thepocket.

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